The AllSkyCamera (ASC) is a simple camera to capture as much of the night sky as possible on a regular basis to record what’s called transient sky phenomenon, i.e. things that cross the sky unexpectedly – such as meteors. I’ll be basing the system on the Raspberry Pi All Sky Camera on Instructables.com. This is an inexpensive, automated sky camera with web interface and some very useful and amazing capabilities.
Some of the requirements I had for this, were a very good match with what ghethco stated:
• 180 degree (all sky) coverage
• Weatherproof - it is very important to prevent water intrusion
• Heat tolerant (will be roof mounted)
• Capture still images for time-lapse video
• All images tagged with time, temperature and humidity (inside the enclosure)
• Connected to house network by ethernet
• The camera must be completely automated, producing a time-lapse video every 24 hours
So when I came across this page in my research, I had an “AHA!” moment. 🙂
In further research, it seems many people went to a case like this one.
This is likely sturdier, and more weather proof for the electronics that a PVC pipe.
[01 Dec 2023] Found a GitHub repo with all kinds of Pi setting info: